Malay African?

[syilla]

Generically, the name "Malay" is used to describe all the numerous related groups inhabiting the Malay Archipelago, and which are not of older aboriginal stock. These include the Aceh, Minangkabaus, Bataks and Mandailings who live in Sumatra ; Java and Sunda in Java ; Banjars, Ibans, Kadazans and Melanaus in Borneo ; Bugis and Torajas in Sulawesi ; the various dominant ethnic groups in the Philippines such as the Tagalogs, Ilocanos and Igorot of Luzon island, the Bisaya of the central Philippines, the Maguindanao, Tausug and Bajau of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago ; and the people of East Timor (again, excluding those of older Papuan stock).

Specifically, this name is also proper to the subgroup which is native to the eastern part of Sumatra but migrated to the Malay Peninsula and the Riau Archipelago over the past thousand years or so. Sometimes, but very rarely, this subgroup is called "Riau Malays" to distinguish it as a specific group.

The term Melayu (Malay Person in Malay Language), in the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, refers to a person who practices Islam and Malay Cultures, speaks Malay Language, and whose ancestors are Malays.

Other groups classified as Malays which live outside what is called the Malay archipelago include the Cham who live in Cambodia and Vietnam and the Utsuls who live on the island of Hainan. Descendants of the Malays could be found today in Sri Lanka, South Africa (the "Cape Malays"), Australia and Madagascar. In the latter, they are known as the Merina and constitute one of the dominant ethnic groups in that country.

Situated in the north-eastern coast of South America, the small Caribbean nation of Surinam also harbours a large Malay population, descendants of fairly recent ethnic Javanese immigrant workers.

Malays (Dutch, Maleiërs, ultimately from Malay: Melayu) are a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.

They constitute the dominant ethnic group in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, the Pattani region of Thailand and East Timor, which together with Singapore make up what is called the Malay archipelago. Outside this area, Malay people inhabit Palau, Guam and the Northern Marianas, most of Madagascar, and the Cham areas of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Hainan Island (the remnants of the Champa kingdom which covered central and southern Vietnam).

In Singapore, Malays comprise a minority, as much of its current population is composed of recent Chinese and South Asian immigrants and their descendants. Also, while not considered a part of the Malay archipelago, the southernmost part of Thailand — the Pattani region — is also primarily inhabited by Malays who are the indigenous group of what is called southern Thailand. These are the descendants of migrations from the neighbouring Malay archipelago which later founded the Pattani kingdom, which replaces the Langkasuka kingdom. Pattani came into the Thai sphere of influence through the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 whereby Pattani was retained by Thailand, then Siam, and the British retained control of Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah and Perlis.

Malays are linguistically related to the Polynesian and Micronesian groups of the mid-Pacific, as members of the Austronesian family of languages. Evidence also suggests that Polynesians and Micronesians may be descended - at least in part - from seafaring ancestors that originated in and around the Malay racial stock stronghold along with Melanesians. Malay peoples have black hair and their skin color ranges from light tan to dark brown complexions.

from wikipedia

 

[syilla]

their nationality is Africa...not malaysia. but they usually know that their ancestors are malay.

 

[umm aymin]

assalaamu alaykum, yes, the nationality is african - for instance south african, with ancestors in malaysia, or java etc. so they will be known as south african

 

[north_malaysian]

Do you mean African as in Black?

Well my paternal Grandmother is Black
But my paternal Grandfather is White

So my Dad is a mix
And then My mum is Malay

Does that make me Malay-Black? :giggling:

Afro-Malay?

 

[north_malaysian]

^^^actually malays not originate from malaysia....i think hehehe...maybe nm can help me with this

It's hard to explain this... because all "Malays" in Malaysia are actually mixed people...

 

[north_malaysian]

You Malay's are evrywhere. Imagine if the Malay's took over the world?

AAHHHHHHHHH!

I can't imagine... if Malays took over the world, everyone will have to eat rice i think.laying:

 

[north_malaysian]

is malay the same as malayam?

Are you referring to Malayali (Malayalam language speakers in Kerala)?

Malayalis and Malays are two different ethnic groups. But there are hundreds of thousands of Malayalis in Malaysia. Our former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir has Malayali ancestry.